AVP/ VP, IT Project Manager – Global Markets Platform Team

OCBC Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

OCBC Bank in Singapore is seeking an experienced ITP Project Manager to lead complex Global Markets initiatives, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, and regulatory compliance. The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder management, and cross-team coordination across a matrix organization.

You will oversee vendor relationships, manage project financials, and guide teams through documentation and deployment of new or modified applications.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience managing projects in banking, Global Markets.
• Strong understanding of system integration in a mixed-technology environment.
• Solid knowledge of project financials, risk management, and issue resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to manage senior stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams in a matrix organization.
• Vendor management experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive project plans with resources, budgets, timelines, and tasks.
• Identify, track, and communicate project progress, milestones, deliverables, changes, dependencies, costs, issues, and risks.
• Manage and monitor project team performance, provide technical guidance and schedule assignments.
• Coordinate project activities across multiple teams within a matrix organizational structure.
• Secure approval of deliverables or project revisions from sponsors and stakeholders.
• Manage vendor relationships, including overseeing deliverables and evaluating software, hardware, and service vendor purchases.
• Ensure all project deliverables comply with bank policies and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee and plan the preparation of documentation at each project phase, such as user requirements, functional specifications, project plans, test strategies, and test plans.
• Support implementation and maintenance of new or modified applications.

Skills

Project management

Banking domain

Stakeholder management

Budget & risk management

Matrix organization

Vendor management

Job description

WHO WE ARE:

As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated ITP Project Manager to join our Global Markets Platform team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing complex projects within the Global Markets domain, ensuring timely delivery, budget adherence, and compliance with banking regulations. This role requires strong leadership, excellent stakeholder management, and the ability to coordinate across multiple teams in a matrix organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive project plans, including resources, budgets, timelines, and task assignments.
• Identify, track, and communicate project progress, milestones, deliverables, changes, dependencies, costs, issues, and risks.
• Manage and monitor the project team’s performance, provide technical guidance and schedule assignments.
• Coordinate project activities across multiple teams within a matrix organizational structure.
• Secure approval of deliverables or project revisions from sponsors and stakeholders.
• Manage vendor relationships, including overseeing deliverables and evaluating software, hardware, and service vendor purchases.
• Ensure all project deliverables comply with bank policies and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee and plan the preparation of documentation at each project phase, such as user requirements, functional specifications, project plans, test strategies, and test plans.
• Support implementation and maintenance of new or modified applications.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Proven 6+years experience managing projects in the banking sector, within the Global Markets domain.
• Strong understanding of system integration within a mixed technology environment.
• Solid knowledge of project financials, risk management, and issue resolution for a successful project delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to manage senior stakeholders.
• Experience working in a matrix organization and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• Vendor management experience.

Soft Skills:

• Self-starter with good leadership and team-building capabilities.
• Problem-solving skills with the ability to bring together diverse teams to resolve complex issues.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Commitment to full-time, 100% on-site presence to facilitate effective team collaboration.
• Office is based at Raffles Place and will eventually move to Punggol in H2 2026.

What we offer:

Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers. Let’s build the bank we need for the future we want. Find the best version of yourself in a friendly, supportive team. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here

As the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, we have grown from strength to strength to become a regional financial services group. With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world’s highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.